Top Ten E-book Bestsellers; Week Ending 10-20-13

The Digital Book World E-Book Best-Seller list tracks e-book sales ranking and price data across six major e-book retailers with the goal of providing the most accurate picture of which e-books are most often purchased by consumers and at what price point. The full methodology is available here.

Big publishers dominated the list, led by Penguin Random House with The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty.

For the second week in a row, not a single self-published title made it on to the Digital Book World E-book Bestseller list. Not surprisingly, without self-published titles and smaller presses on the list, the average price of a top-25 bestselling e-book ticked up this week to $8.53, from $8.37 last week.

For the second week in a row, not a single self-published title made it on to the Digital Book World E-book Bestseller list. Not surprisingly, without self-published titles and smaller presses on the list, the average price of a top-25 bestselling e-book ticked up this week to $8.53, from $8.37 last week.

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There are still many titles by big publishers seeing deep discounts from retailers. The most startling example might be multi-year best-seller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Penguin Random House). The hit has been a mainstay of this bestseller list, but usually at much higher prices.

Jeremy Greenfield is responsible for managing all editorial content on DigitalBookWorld.com, including the DBW Expert Publishing Blog, the Digital Book Wire and editorial email and social media communications. Prior to joining Digital Book World in October 2011, Jeremy spent three years as a careers editor at FINS.com. Jeremy lives and works in New York City and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

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